Karli Bayliss, Marketing Manager
• September 20, 2023
Students, faculty and community members came together in White Concert Hall on Sept. 14, 2023 for the 17th annual iREAD Lecture.
This year’s featured speaker was Lawrence Goldstone, writer of...
We are pleased to announce the The 2022-23 iREAD selection HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship by Nadine Strossen. The iREAD lecture will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October...
Aja Carter, Editor-in-Chief Washburn Review
• October 19, 2022
On Tuesday, Oct. 11, the Center for Student Success and Retention presented their first face-to-face iREAD lecture since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lecture featured Nadine...
Buy the book: Senior business major, Yossif Albukari (left) and freshman kinesiology major Jules Pondanera (right), employees of the Ichabod shop, proudly present the 200 page biography assigned as this years iRead book, from behind the counter at the Ichabod shop. This years 2019 iRead book was released Tuesday, Aug. 13.
JuliAnn Mazachek, Vice President of Academic Affairs, introduced the lecturer of this year’s iRead lecture, Timothy Egan, as being a thrilling storyteller. And he did well to prove her right, as...
Sean Bird, associate dean of Mabee Library, will lead a discussion on “The River of Doubt” by Candice Millard at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 in Mabee Library.“The River of Doubt” is Washburn University’s...
Washburn's 2016-2017 iRead novel is "A Highly Unlikely Scenario" by Rachel Cantor. The book follows the main character, Leonard, a fast-food customer service worker who receives an unusual phone call from...
“Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” did this premise better.
In a future where fast-food chains act essentially as political parties, Leonard is stuck working customer service for Neeta Pizza,...
Students, faculty and members of the Topeka community, attended the annual iRead Lecture Oct. 14, at White Concert Hall, to hear a presentation from the author and illustrator of this year’s iRead book,...
This year's iRead lecturer, Rep. John Lewis, will discuss his books at White Concert Hall at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14.The congressman is the author of "March" books one and two, which depict the Civil...
“Well the only chains we can stand are the chains of hand in hand. Keep your eye on the prize, hold on.” Lyrics from a traditional spiritual song took new life when adapted to the Civil Rights movement...
The 2011 iRead program, which hopes to enrich the minds of students through reading books and by being involved on campus, chose Sherman Alexie's "War Dances" for its 2011 featured book.
The book,...
